Pan-lifter.



I. KEY.

PAN LIFTER. APPLIQATION FILED 33.25, 1911.

Patented May 23, 1911.

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Rs co. WASHINGTON, u. c.

IlNITE PAN-LIFTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC KEY, citizen of the United States, residing atFowlerton, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Pan-Lifters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of devices which maybe termed pan lifters.

The invention has for its object primarily to provide for the ready orconvenient lifting of the pan when hot from a stove without directcontact therewith of the hands or invoking the aid of a cloth or thelike for that purpose.

A further object of the invention is to carry out said ends in anexceedingly simple, economical and eflective manner and to reduce thecost of manufacture to the minimum.

The invention consists of certain features or instrumentalitiessubstantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and defined by the claim.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of myinvention: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in itsineffective position, the pan engaging members or jaws being sprung awayfrom each other. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section of the sameproduced in the axial plane thereof, with the members or jaws sprung orcompressed into effective position, as in engaging the interposed panrim.

In carrying out my invention I form the same from stout spring metalwire, the body portion, designated generally by the reference character1, being approximately V- shaped in general outline, the arms 2 thereofat the bottom of the V being, however, rounded or curved, as at 3,instead of angular, for obtaining greater resiliency at that point thanwould otherwise be the case, the purpose of which will be apparent inconnection with the operation of the device. The wire forming the body,together with the subsequently described or designated parts of thedevice, is doubled upon itself, the resulting duplicate members orportions being bound or clamped firmly together,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. February 25, 1911.

Patented May 23, 1911.

Serial No. 610,801.

preferably by means of tubular metal pieces or sleeves 5 suitablycrimped or otherwise secured thereon. Said resulting duplicate portionsor members of the body forming wire lvare formed at one end into a rightangled terminal or jaw 65, being suitably brazed or soldered together,while they diverge or incline laterally at the other end; the thusdiverging portions being next bent at right angles to the axis of thedevice and diverge laterally, and having the uniting portion thereof ofslight arcuate or curved outline to conform to the curvature of theoutside of the pan rim for obvious reasons, it being noted that theupper jaw 6 is received within the arcuate portion of the lower aw, asecond jaw 7 thus being formed. It will be noted that the upper jaw 6 isslightly inclined outwardly or forwardly and is arranged about centrallywith respect to the lower jaw, while the lower jaw 7 inclines slightlyinwardly, the relative arrangement of said jaws being such that, as thelower jaw is suitably presented to the pan rim upon its outer surface,the upper jaw will be adapted to frictionally engage the pan rim uponits inner surface and about centrally with respect to the lower jaw,this being effected, of course, as pressure is applied to the arms 2 ofthe body 1 by suitably grasping and compressing the same, as will beapparent. After thus readily gripping and removing the pan from thestove, it will be noted that, as the pressure of the hand is relaxed,the jaws of the device will spring out of engagement with the pan rimand thus become disengaged therefrom.

I claim:

A pan lifter, comprising a continuous resilient wire formed intoapproximately V- shaped outline, the resulting arms thereof terminatingin jaws arranged at right angles to the axes of said arms and initiallystanding apart, the lower jaw having upstanding upwardly diverginglateral portions, the lower ends of which are formed in continuation offorwardly diverging lateral portions of one of said arms, the upper endsof said jaw lateral portions having an arcuate consaid LWS beingoutwardly and inwardly in In testimony whereof I afliX my signatureclgnedhrespectigely, the upper jam?i1 beiig in presence of twowitnesses.

at apte as sal jaws are colnpresse to e received Within the arcuateconnecting por ISAAC tion of said lower j aw to provide for theengagement of the jaws with the innerand outer surfaces of the pan-rim.

Witnesses:

' FpM. HARDESTY,

F. B. VAN ANTWERP.

Copies of this patent may be obtained forfive cents each,-by. addressingthe Commissioner of Eatents, Washington, D. C.

